{"id":139918,"date":"2026-07-22T19:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/139918\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T19:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:51:16","slug":"photos-damage-reported-in-ontario-amid-tornado-warned-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/139918\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Damage reported in Ontario amid tornado-warned storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tornado-warned storms pushed through southern and eastern Ontario, and parts of Quebec, on Tuesday, resulting in reported damage, flooding and power outages in parts of both provinces.<\/p>\n<p>An associated frontal boundary moved into southern Ontario. Breaks in cloud cover and daytime heating triggered moderate-to-high instability levels, leading to the development of numerous thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n<p>These storms formed ahead of a trailing cold front, with isolated cells capable of producing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/lifestyle\/community\/understanding-floods-and-preventative-measures-to-take\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">localized flooding<\/a> and rotation.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the storms generated enough rotation to prompt tornado warnings in near and in National Capital Region on Tuesday afternoon. The warnings were dropped, and there hasn&#8217;t been any reports of tornadoes as of yet.<\/p>\n<p>Storms between Kingston, Brockville, and Cornwall intensified further due to enhanced dynamics in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Stay weather-aware throughout the day and monitor alerts for updates.<\/p>\n<p>The following visuals have surfaced online so far.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/1OOm30vZMAeNH73QJQyTqU\/82c9f342287668184319ee98afc6fab0\/Image_20260721_162330_119.jpg\" alt=\"Tree damage in High Park in Toronto\/Tyler Hamilton\/TWN\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Image_20260721_162330_119.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nToronto, Ont., tree damage from thunderstorms on Tuesday. (Tyler Hamilton\/The Weather Network)<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/6HKhNugb6uJOmYS9mRDVML\/21da760b10652529e15f19af32a9162f\/Thunderstorm_Bothwell_Mark.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderstorm in Bothwell, Ont. \/Mark Robinson\/TWN\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Thunderstorm_Bothwell_Mark.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nThunderstorm in Bothwell, Ont. (Mark Robinson\/The Weather Network)<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/6ujorNTagpXFCrhvOz1WR2\/4141caf324e36cbd29feb5b1abd4bee9\/1000036309.jpg\" alt=\"Thunderstorm in Bothwell, Ont. (Mark Robinson\/The Weather Network)\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1000036309.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nThunderstorm in Bothwell, Ont. (Mark Robinson\/The Weather Network)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tornado-warned storms pushed through southern and eastern Ontario, and parts of Quebec, on Tuesday, resulting in reported damage,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,3666,16357,94,58,865,3664,2432,59],"class_list":["post-139918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-canada","tag-hail","tag-northern-ontario","tag-ontario","tag-rain","tag-southern-ontario","tag-thunderstorm","tag-tornado","tag-wind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}